Pashmina Carpet

سجادة البشمينة

Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 14.40.725.

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The Gunpowder Empires

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A carpet with a silk foundation and pashmina wool pile, with wavy branches and flowers, northern India or Pakistan; about 1650, asymmetric knot. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “Pashmina Carpet”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/sajjada-bashmina/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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